Gary Clark
Registered User
I have a very hard time with hawks. Almost every large buteo we see is a Red-Tailed, but they have so many color variations that I'm baffled when I see something that I *think* might be another species. Such is the case with this large hawk I found on top of a power pole in southern Idaho (farming country, previously sagebrush plains, around 2500' elevation).
Help would be appreciated; I've been working on him for months, and still aren't sure of the ID.
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Help would be appreciated; I've been working on him for months, and still aren't sure of the ID.
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